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Date "BERGER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A binocular loupe with the lenses mounted at the anterior end of a light-excluding chamber fitting over the eyes and held in place by an elastic headband. (references) |
Literature | Berger L'heure du Berger (French). The shepherd's hour, i.e. the swain's or lover's hour; the happy hour of tryst; the critical moment. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Berger, Missouri."
Crosswords: BERGER |
| Specialty definitions using "BERGER": canal of Petit, central canal, Cloquet's canal, Code 2.0 ♦ hyaloid canal ♦ Petit canal ♦ Stilling's canal ♦ tractus hyaloideus. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "BERGER": Bergeret. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BERGER" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (herdsman, Shepherd). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Les Berger (1970) Le Coup du berger (1956) Ich und Frau Berger (1991) Berger & Fry's (1989) Nans le berger (1974) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Eric Hutchins met with various restoration partners including the Lewis Berger group an engineering division that is offering pro bono services, a Town of Dennis representative, the state fisheries officer and others. The purpose of the pre restoration meeting was to assess restoration alternatives. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Professeur Berger. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Jo. Justus de Berger / J. Juel pinx. J. F. Clemens, Sculps. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Captain, James Cook. / N. Dance pinx: D. Berger Sc:. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Heinie Berger. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Berger, JR, and Major, EO The Pathogenesis and Clinical Course of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. (references) | |
Economic History | Guatemala | In the runoff on December 26, Alfonso Portillo (FRG) won 68% of the vote to 32% for Oscar Berger (PAN). (references) |
Romania | At least one U.S. architectural-engineering firm, Louis Berger International, has been doing construction management work for the railways for some time. (references) | |
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| "BERGER" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "BERGER" is used about 120 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 87.5% | 105 | 31,781 |
| Noun (singular) | 12.5% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Total | 100.00% | 120 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BERGER" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Berger | Last name | 14,000 | 881 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Germany | Bilfinger Berger A.G. | Singapore | Berger International Limited |
| USA | Berger Holdings, Ltd. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Berger, MO (city, FIPS 4888) |
Expressions using "BERGER": Berger lens ♦ Berger symptom. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "BERGER": Berger-gestapo. | |
Ending with "BERGER": lands-berger, Wladawsky-berger, Wlawdsky-berger. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
berger lamp | 694 | lamp berger paris | 24 |
senta berger | 204 | scharffen berger | 22 |
berger | 196 | berger camaro | 21 |
allemand berger | 89 | roland berger | 21 |
berger realty | 69 | katya berger | 20 |
berger funds | 62 | berger king | 20 |
cst berger | 52 | helmut berger | 19 |
lamp berger oil | 48 | berger michel | 19 |
louis berger | 38 | dr berger | 18 |
lisa berger | 35 | berger burgoon | 16 |
louis berger group | 34 | berger chevy | 16 |
john berger | 32 | berger real estate | 15 |
berger chevrolet | 32 | berger lahr | 15 |
berger blanc | 31 | scharffen berger chocolate | 15 |
lamp berger fragrance | 28 | dan berger | 15 |
peter berger | 28 | berger blanc le | 15 |
australian berger | 26 | berger paint | 15 |
berger hospital | 26 | lamp berger dealer | 14 |
berger bullet | 25 | berger thomas | 14 |
berger brother | 24 | lamp berger retailer | 14 |
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| Language | Translations for "BERGER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 伯杰 . (various references) | |
Danish | Berger's tegn (Berger sign, Berger symptom, Berger's sign), Berger's rectusskedeplastik (Berger rectovaginal plastic surgery), Berger's paræstesi (Berger paresthesia), Berger's operation for Dypuytren's kontraktur (Berger process), Berger's operation (Berger operation), Berger's lup (Berger lens, Berger's loupe), Berger's cerclagemetode (Berger method), Bergercelletumor (Berger cell tumor), Berger-celler (Berger cells). (various references) | |
Dutch | Berger-cellen (Berger cells), teken van Berger (Berger sign, Berger's sign), symptoom van Berger (Berger symptom, Berger's sign), paraesthesie van Berger (Berger paresthesia), operatie van Berger (Berger method, Berger operation, Berger process, Berger's operation), methode van Berger (Berger method), loep van Berger (Berger lens, Berger's loupe). (various references) | |
French | tumeur cellulaire hilaire de Berger (Berger cell tumor), signe du coude au corps (Berger sign), signe de Berger (Berger sign, Berger symptom, Berger's sign), procédé de Berger (Berger process), plastie de la gaine des grands droits (Berger rectovaginal plastic surgery), paresthésie de Berger (Berger paresthesia), opération de Berger (Berger operation, Berger process, Berger's operation), méthode de suture de Berger (Berger method), méthode de cerclage de Berger (Berger method), loupe de Berger (Berger lens, Berger's loupe), cellules de Berger (Berger cells). (various references) | |
German | binokulare Lupe fuer Augenaerzte (Berger lens, Berger's loupe), Berger Zelltumor (Berger cell tumor), Berger Zellen (Berger cells), Berger Zeichen (Berger sign, Berger symptom, Berger's sign), Berger Rektusscheidenplastik (Berger rectovaginal plastic surgery), Berger Paraesthesie (Berger paresthesia), Berger Operation (Berger operation, Berger process), Berger Methode (Berger method), Berger Lupe (Berger lens, Berger's loupe), Hiluszelltumor (Berger cell tumor). (various references) | |
Greek | κύτταρα του Berger (Berger cells), κυρτός φακός του Berger (Berger lens, Berger's loupe), κυτταρικός όγκος του BERGER (Berger cell tumor), σύμπτωμα του Berger (Berger symptom, Berger's sign), σημείο του Berger (Berger sign, Berger symptom, Berger's sign), μέθοδος ραφής του Berger (Berger method), μέθοδος περίδεσης του Berger (Berger method), μέθοδος του Berger (Berger method), παραίσθησις ή παραισθεσία του Berger (Berger paresthesia), εγχείρησις του Berger (Berger operation), τρόπος εγχείρησης από τον Berger της μόνιμης κάμψης των δακτύλων και χειρών εξαιτίας της βραχύνσεως της παλαμιαίας απονευρώσεως (Berger process), τρόπος του Berger (Berger process), ορθοκολπική πλαστική χειρουργική κατά BERGER (Berger rectovaginal plastic surgery). (various references) | |
Italian | lente di Berger (Berger lens, Berger's loupe). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ergerbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tumor celular hilar de Berger (Berger cell tumor), plastia da bainha dos grandes rectos (Berger rectovaginal plastic surgery), lupa de Berger (Berger lens, Berger's loupe). (various references) | |
Spanish | signo de Berger (Berger sign, Berger symptom, Berger's sign), procedimiento de Berger (Berger process), parestesia de Berger (Berger paresthesia), operación de Berger (Berger operation, Berger's operation), método de Berger (Berger method), lente de Berger (Berger lens, Berger's loupe), células de Berger (Berger cells). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BERGER": bergere, bergeres. (additional references) | |
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"BERGER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abergeirw, Bargger, Begor, Berer, berge, Bergere, Bergeret, Berget, Bergnes, Bergue, Bergues, Berryer, Bierges, birger, Birgir, Birrer, Breger, Breugel, brger, Buerger, Jerger, Perger. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-g-r-r" | |
-1 letter: grebe. | |
-2 letters: beer, berg, bree, eger, gree. | |
-3 letters: bee, beg, brr, ere, erg, err, gee, reb, ree, reg. | |
-4 letters: be, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-g-r-r" | |
+1 letter: bergere, gerbera. | |
+2 letters: bergeres, gerberas. | |
+3 letters: barrelage, brokerage, garderobe, reverbing. | |
+4 letters: barrelages, brightener, brogueries, brokerages, dogberries, garderobes, gooseberry, greenbrier, hagberries, preembargo, rebreeding. | |
+5 letters: ambergrises, brighteners, cerebrating, dingleberry, embordering, gingerbread, greenbacker, greenbriers, harbingered, herringbone, overbearing, reembarking, refrangible, regenerable, registrable, regrettable, regrettably, remembering, renumbering, reobserving. | |
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